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From: k33231a@taltta.hut.fi (Timo J. Salin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Command.com is NOT invalid or missing
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Date: 9 Dec 89 23:47:50 GMT
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In article <6305@lindy.Stanford.EDU> LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
>Every so often, my machine comes up with the following message upon
>exiting from a program:
>
>Invalid or missing COMMAND.COM
>
>System halting
...

Sounds like the problem I'm having too. I think it's DOS 3.3(?) releated
'cause 3.20, 3.21 and 4.01 run perfectly on the machines I'm using (read:
playing the role of a stupid operator to earn living).

...
>Have other people had the same experience, and / or does anybody
>know the cause of this not too reassuring symptom?

I'd like to know how to cure this thing - without changing back to 3.2x or
up to 4.01. The former being impossible (using PS/2s) and the latter is for
computer illiterates (was that correctly spelled ?) and using far too much
memory.

>Richard Stanton

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